SMART International Symposium for Next Generation Infrastructure: Future cities: Meeting the...

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A presentation conducted by Professor Nick Tyler CBE, Chadwick Professor, Civil Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom. Presented on Wednesday the 2nd of October 2013. Brundtland famously said that sustainability is about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. This seems reasonable enough, but what will be the ‘future generations’ needs? The search for that outcome means a complete rethink of how we think about the infrastructure that supports a city – including the social, as well as the ‘hard’, infrastructure that enables a city to survive. Unsurprisingly many countries and cities are thinking about this problem but the increase in future well being will need new thinking, new approaches and new substance.

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Monday, 30th September 2013: Business & policy Dialogue

Tuesday 1 October to Thursday, 3rd October: Academic and Policy Dialogue

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ENDORSING PARTNERS

The following are confirmed contributors to the business and policy dialogue in Sydney:

• Rick Sawers (National Australia Bank)

• Nick Greiner (Chairman (Infrastructure NSW)

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Future cities: Meeting the Brundtland challenge

Presented by: Professor Nick Tyler CBE, Chadwick Professor, Civil Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom

1909 needs

2013 reality

2113 vision?

How de we think about our city?

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Aspirations

Activities

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Evolving city

Healthy city

City as public space

Active city

Courteous city

The courteous city • Behaviour change • Improve equity • Design to improve

courtesy

The active city • Has activities and

opportunities • Encourage non-

motorised transport

The healthy city • Positive impact on

health • Minimise the need to

use motorised vehicles

• Clean technologies

The city as public space • Public spaces are

open, available and accessible

• Green spaces • Public space is safe

The evolving city • What will be the

needs in the future?

• Adaptive and flexible design

Ideal city

Let’s start by thinking of wellbeing as the achievement of an improved quality of life

– a function of ‘activities’

A cup …

… holds coffee

The primary function = “to hold coffee”

A secondary function … to be food

= Satisfaction

Use of resources

= Achievement

Aspiration Satisfaction

= Achievement

Aspiration x Use of resources Value

Aspiration is the first step on the path to Wellbeing – so it is at least constant

Value = Functionality Cost Engineering

Psychology Anthropology

Mixed-use zone

‘People centres’

Integrated Transport System

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People

Aspirations

Activities

Wellbeing

Reduce

Decarbonise Exchange

• Location of activities

Land Use Planning

• Planning to ensure people need to travel less

People-oriented Transport

• Discourage private car use

Move from low capacity modes

• Encourage public transport use

Move to high capacity modes

• Improve energy efficiency

Move from High Carbon Impact modes

• Favour modes using hydro electricity

Move to Low Carbon Impact modes

Adaptive Planning

Smart Operations

Energy management

systems

LOV

Public Transport

Freight Transport

Bicycles

Pedestrians

LOV

Bicycles

Freight Transport

Pedestrians

Public Transport

Peds

Bicycles

Public Transport

Freight Transport

LOV

Put people at the apex of the solution

Peds

Bicycles

Public Transport

Freight Transport

LOV

Change the perspective …

… to change the future

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